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Stefan Krah f35b0274f9 Move PyErr_NoMemory() closer to the failure.		2013-11-08 18:05:02 +01:00
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libmpdec	Fix a few typos and a double semicolon. Patch by Eitan Adler.	2013-01-27 06:20:14 +02:00
tests	Support multiarch build in tests.	2013-05-29 20:58:19 +02:00
README.txt	Remove trailing whitespace.	2013-01-16 15:16:10 +01:00
_decimal.c	Move PyErr_NoMemory() closer to the failure.	2013-11-08 18:05:02 +01:00
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README.txt


About
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_decimal.c is a wrapper for the libmpdec library. libmpdec is a fast C
library for correctly-rounded arbitrary precision decimal floating point
arithmetic. It is a complete implementation of Mike Cowlishaw/IBM's
General Decimal Arithmetic Specification.


Build process for the module
============================

As usual, the build process for _decimal.so is driven by setup.py in the top
level directory. setup.py autodetects the following build configurations:

   1) x64         - 64-bit Python, x86_64 processor (AMD, Intel)

   2) uint128     - 64-bit Python, compiler provides __uint128_t (gcc)

   3) ansi64      - 64-bit Python, ANSI C

   4) ppro        - 32-bit Python, x86 CPU, PentiumPro or later

   5) ansi32      - 32-bit Python, ANSI C

   6) ansi-legacy - 32-bit Python, compiler without uint64_t

   7) universal   - Mac OS only (multi-arch)


It is possible to override autodetection by exporting:

   PYTHON_DECIMAL_WITH_MACHINE=value, where value is one of the above options.


NOTE
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decimal.so is not built from a static libmpdec.a since doing so led to
failures on AIX (user report) and Windows (mixing static and dynamic CRTs
causes locale problems and more).